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<p>There are several successful LGBTQ art and museum curators at prominent cultural institutions and art galleries around the world.</p>
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<p>A Hall of Fame is a structure or listing of individuals who have excelled in a particular field or activity.  The individuals can be selected by peers, by a panel of authorities in the field or activity, or by public voting.  The lists are maintained by an organization or community and may be national, state, local, or private.  The standards for entry into a Hall of Fame are considered to be very high.</p>
  
<p>In essence, a curator is a keeper or guardian of important cultural heritage pieces, including collectibles, historic objects, art pieces, or scientific pieces. Curators thus represent important links between the past and today’s contemporary world. In this respect, they work very closely with archivists and librarians with a specializing similar to their field of study or expertise.</p>
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<p>Individuals who are members of the Hall of Fame are renowned and considered to be the absolute best achievers in their endeavours.  Having LGBTQ individuals represented in a Hall of Fame is an indication of both the participation and the accomplishments of those within the community.</p>
  
<p>It is a curator’s responsibility to carefully assess the importance and relevance of pieces to the historic narrative of the subject matter. If relevant, they acquire the piece to add to a collection of similar pieces which collectively convey a specific story. Curators often are required to interpret the meaning of a specific piece in the context of a period of time, then catalogue it and prepare it for presentation to the public. To accomplish this requires a specialization in their field of study.</p>
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<p>There are many activities with a Hall of Fame. These include sports, journalism and writing, the arts, entertainment,  gender, culinary, business, legal, and community groups. Many are well-known, such as the Baseball Hall of Fame and The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.  Many are less well-known, including the Culinary Hall of Fame and The Internet Hall of Fame.</p>
  
<p>Given the historic context in which a curator works, you can see the relevance of having LGBTQ representation in this professional field. It is important that curators maintain a position of academic standing that puts them above bias and censorship in their work of revealing the true historical narrative to the public.</p>
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<p>We have identified the following LGBTQ individuals who are members of various Halls of Fame. To read more and see the complete list, click '''[[Hall of Famers Who Identify as LGBTQ|HERE]]'''</p>
 
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<p>Curators have long played an important role within the LGBTQ community itself. Many exhibitions have been staged which relay the historical narrative of the emergence of the LGBTQ community within a specific community, region, or country. They have relied on material within LGBTQ archives to both uncover the story and convey it to their audience.</p>
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<p>We have identified several LGBTQ individuals who are, or have been, prominent curators around the world. They hail from Germany, New Zealand, Great Britain, France, Canada, the United States, Spain, Poland, Singapore, and Australia. To read more and see the complete list, click '''[[LGBTQ Curators at Museums and Art Galleries|HERE]]'''</p>
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'''Directory of past 'Did You Know?' Articles''' [[Past 'Did You Know?' Articles|See Here]]
 
'''Directory of past 'Did You Know?' Articles''' [[Past 'Did You Know?' Articles|See Here]]

Revision as of 12:33, 9 July 2024

DID YOU KNOW?

Hall of Famers Who Identify as LGBTQ

Hall of Famers Who Identify as LGBTQ

A Hall of Fame is a structure or listing of individuals who have excelled in a particular field or activity. The individuals can be selected by peers, by a panel of authorities in the field or activity, or by public voting. The lists are maintained by an organization or community and may be national, state, local, or private. The standards for entry into a Hall of Fame are considered to be very high.

Individuals who are members of the Hall of Fame are renowned and considered to be the absolute best achievers in their endeavours. Having LGBTQ individuals represented in a Hall of Fame is an indication of both the participation and the accomplishments of those within the community.

There are many activities with a Hall of Fame. These include sports, journalism and writing, the arts, entertainment, gender, culinary, business, legal, and community groups. Many are well-known, such as the Baseball Hall of Fame and The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.  Many are less well-known, including the Culinary Hall of Fame and The Internet Hall of Fame.

We have identified the following LGBTQ individuals who are members of various Halls of Fame. To read more and see the complete list, click HERE

Directory of past 'Did You Know?' Articles See Here


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It's A Fabulous Morning! My Interviews With Fascinating People in the LGBTQ World (Pearse Murray and Mark S. Bonham, 2019) presents fascinating interviews with individuals from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Two Spirit and Ally (LGBTQ) community. Icons such as Lily Tomlin, Chaz Bono, Melissa Etheridge, Mark Tewksbury, John Cameron Mitchell, Kathleen Wynne, Wanda Sykes, Tony Kushner, David Hockney, Edmund White and more provide their personal stories of the community and their lives within it. Compelling insight into events of the community, such as Toronto’s Bath House Raids, is also provided. 262 pages.

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Notables: 101 Global LBGTQ People Who Changed the World (Mark S. Bonham, 2015) reveals a group of select global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) individuals whose accomplishments in their profession changed the world in some relevant way. Included are founders of various social movements, innovators in sports, leaders in business and politics, explorers and discoverers, instigators in religious movements, thinkers in philosophy, infamous villains, creators of new academic fields of study, and risk takers in the arts, culture, and entertainment worlds. 212 pages.

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